The top 10 most popular city break destinations

Below we outline the world’s most popular city break destinations, according to TravelSupermarket users. Is your favourite among them?

New York

The city that never sleeps|Average flight time: 8 hrs

A truly iconic city, the Big Apple is everything you see on the movies, and so much more. Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, hot dogs, Broadway, cocktails, museums: if you don’t love NYC, you haven’t been.

It’s best to book well in advance, though you can find cheap last-minute city breaks to New York with TravelSupermarket.

When a cultural getaway beckons, get on your bike and head to TravelSupermarket to look for cheap city breaks to Amsterdam. Hop in the saddle while there too, cycling alongside canals and over bridges to visit art galleries and museums.

Rembrandtplein, with its bars and cafes, and Dam Square, resplendent with palaces and performers, will also lure you during weekend city breaks.

There’s a lot to love about short city breaks in Barcelona. Buzzing nightlife? Guaranteed, with a kick of Spanish flair, of course. Beaches? Golden sands and suntanned bodies are just minutes from the city centre. Beautiful buildings? Plenty, including the Sagrada Familia.

World-class football, art galleries and peaceful parks complete the line-up of things to see and do on a break in Barcelona.

The party playground of Nevada’s sprawling desert, Las Vegas shakes up everything you know about city breaks and throws it along the roulette table to a hearty round of whooping and hollering from the crowd.

Outlandish themed hotels, 24-hour gambling, buffets piled high and some of the world’s top entertainers ensure that city break deals in Las Vegas are always a great bet.

An increasingly popular destination for long weekend city breaks (you can fly direct from the UK in less than seven hours), Dubai is the gateway to luxury hotels, shopping malls and the sun-kissed lifestyle of the modern Middle East.

Tradition lingers too, in the food, in the souks, in the culture, but for many, this is the bling capital of the world.

Perhaps the most exotic and traditional on our list of top destinations for amazing weekend city breaks, the walled city of Marrakech can be reached in just three-and-a-half hours.

Inside the walls, a labyrinth of alleys, draped in warm, earthy tones, lead from stall to café to public square where dancers wiggle and musicians hypnotise. It’s not only the snakes that will be charmed.

Iceland’s biggest city is one of the most hip, charming and fascinating destinations for weekend city breaks on our list – not to mention the chilliest.

No matter: wrap up warm and tour the handful of main streets, take a trip around the Golden Circle, cross your fingers and hope to see the Northern Lights, or strip off and soak in hot geothermal waters.

A gondola ride is the number one attraction for visitors to Venice. It’s iconic, but it isn’t cheap, so snap up one of our low-cost city break deals or book one of the brilliant last-minute city breaks on TravelSupermarket and save your money for making amazing memories.

Introduction to city breaks

An Introduction to City Breaks

There are some cities that never fail in delivering a great city break experience whether you are looking for that short break or something a little longer. You can compare our excellent deals on city breaks in the UK, Europe and beyond and find great prices for a long weekend or a mid week break. From Paris to New York, Amsterdam to Dubai and Rome to Marrakech, there is a city waiting for you.

Unless you have a clear idea of where you want to go, it can be hard to choose from the vast range of cities on offer. And you may have visited so many that somewhere new or different seems an impossible task to resolve. Why not read on for some ideas as to how to find a city break for you, dependent on your interests and likes. After all, you want to go away and enjoy your long weekend, short break or quick getaway.